Letter: Nonpartisan elections create opportunity

As a young professional in Greenville, I applaud City Council for looking at doing away with partisan elections. There is a large swath of young professionals that have little say in who they get to vote for in November because political factions that do not represent them have made the decision months before.

The current system creates an unequal opportunity for people to run for office as well. Why should one person be nominated by a party and another person have to canvass signatures to get on a November ballot? Some people have claimed nonpartisan elections do not give candidates enough time to campaign. I believe that is false. Nonpartisan elections do not limit how long a person can run for office or how much they can spend. It just pushes back filing dates.

Nonpartisan elections give everyone a fair and equal opportunity to run regardless of what letter they throw after their name.

John Boyanoski

Greenville

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Letter: Nonpartisan elections create opportunity

As a young professional in Greenville, I applaud City Council for looking at doing away with partisan elections.